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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Finance and Economics: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2023)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Finance and Economics: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Okay. I think everybody has made their-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Finance and Economics: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the witnesses for their contributions today. Their knowledge and enthusiasm is catching because we tend to get stuck in the grind of the problems in the North and the political impasse and we cannot see around it. The witnesses are suggesting we think outside the box and the rigid structures that are not working to find a new way of getting to the same outcome, which is better for...

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: The number of contributors to the debate, from a number of different constituencies, shows the importance of this issue. The demand for school transport is rising because our population is growing. There are new housing developments in every county that are not on any public transport route, which creates problems. It is important when planning permission is being given to ensure there is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Schemes (3 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: The applicants fall into three different categories. The first is priority one, where the applicant is terminally ill, needs a full-time family carer or where adaptation of facilities will allow discharge from hospital. Most of the applications I deal with are priority two, where people are mobile but need assistance in accessing washing and toilet facilities and bedrooms, and where,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Schemes (3 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: We have an opportunity in this budget to put this right and I hope the Minister of State does.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Schemes (3 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Well, where is it?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Schemes (3 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: This is not a successful scheme in Westport, where there is a lady who, according to the ALONE survey, is confined to the top floor of her house while awaiting a grant. It is not a successful scheme in Galway, where older people are waiting for money approved in 2022. A woman who is a high-priority case is housebound because she cannot leave her third-floor apartment without works first...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Correspondence (3 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 278. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will respond to matters raised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42762/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (3 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to respond to concerns raised (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42487/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (3 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 643. To ask the Minister for Health to seek clarity on whether there has been anyone appointed through CAMHS into the role of psychiatrist with responsibilities for children with autism or ID for County Louth in the past 12 months; if so, when; the details on same; if the role is currently filled, if he will seek the details on the referral path for children in this category; to provide any...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (3 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 700. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review concerns raised (details supplied) in respect of additional charges being introduced by nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42763/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Aperee nursing home group has more than 500 residents in ten homes around the country. There is a serious crisis in the management of finances of residents in these homes. The HSE and HIQA are acting on that. It appears money is being taken from residents and being demanded by entities outside the structure of the home, or companies outside of the home, which are getting their hands on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I have a couple of questions on nursing homes, in particular the non-compliance with fire regulations. I have correspondence with HIQA going back to May of this year, where in response to my query it stated that fire safety concerns remain one of the highest areas of non-compliance in nursing homes. It is something that is highlighted in HIQA's inspection reports. One of the homes...